title: [Correlation between the combination of alcohol consumption and smoking in oral cancer (screening of the population at risk)].
abstract: The mortality from tumours of all kinds doubled in Hungary between 1960 and 1993, whereas the mortality from tumorous diseases of the oral cavity in the same period increased 5-fold. The results of stomato-oncological screening studies on volunteers from the general population do not reflect this alarming rise. However, the risk of tumorous diseases of the oral cavity may be expected to be much higher among those who smoke and drink heavily. Accordingly, a screening study was carried out among such and endangered population: 300 (230 men and 70 women) subjects who were either homeless or participating in alcohol withdrawal treatment. The results of this screening confirmed the expectation: precancerous lesions were found in or around the oral cavity in 14% of this population, benign tumours in 2.33%, and malignancies in 2.66%.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem, Budapest.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klenk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veér
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: A krónikus alkoholfogyasztás és a dohányzás együttes összefüggése a szájüregi rákbetegséggel (szürövizsgálat a veszélyeztett populációban).